Fastener.



No. 692,953.- Patented Feb. H," 1902.

F. B. WHITE; FASTENEB;

(Application'flled May 2, 1901. Renewed Jan. Q10, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN R. W'HITE, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR'TO THE PATENTBUTTON COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A COR- PORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,953, dated.February 1 1, 1902.

Application filed May 2, 1901. Renewed January 10, 1902. Serial No.89,224. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN R. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to animprovementin 1o fasteners, and moreparticularly to the socket member of a ball-and-socket fastener, such asare generally used upon gloves, u mbrcllabands, clothing, &c., theobject of the same being to provide an article of this kind or characterwhich shall be simple and cheap to manufacture, easily and readilyapplied to the fabric or material, and effective in retaining the ballmember therein and preventing it from accidental disengagement.

vention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and thenpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional View showing thetwo parts of the socket member prior to their attachment to thematerial. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts after attachment.Fig. 3 is a 0 plan view of the eyelet member. Fig. 4 is a sectional viewof a modified form of the article prior to its attachment, and Fig. 5 asimilar view thereof after attachment to the material. Figs. 6, 7, and 8show modified forms 5 of the outer shell.

As will be seen by reference to the drawings, my improved socketconsists of two parts, A representing the outer shell and B thefastening-eyelet, said shell A being preferably 40 concavo-convex inform, the edge a thereof being curled or bent upwardly and inwardly toform a lock or anchor for the fasteningeyelet. The eyelet 13 consists,preferably, of

a shank b and a base or flange c, the top 01 of the eyelet, which may beeither an open or closed one, being bent downwardly and inwardly withinthe shank b and preferably slitted or slotted at the bend, as shown ate. In securing this socket member in place the shcll A and eyelet B areplaced on opposite \Vith these and other ends in view my in erted uponsaid disk sides of the material and the eyelet B by means of propertools forced within the shell A, carrying the cloth or material C withit. As the depressedtop d of the eyelet is forced upwardly the shank bof the eyelet is forced outwardly-that is, the shank is spread until thetop 61 thereof conforms to the shape of the domed top of the shell A,the upper portion of the shank being spread. over the curled rim or ofthe shell, as shown in section in Fig. 2, thereby holding the materialbetween the shell and eyelet and securely locking these two memberstogether. By slitting or slotting the upper portion of thefastening-eyelet, as described, the shank of the eyelet is permitted tospread evenly, although it will be understood that such slots are notabsolutely essential.

Instead of depressing the top of the eyelet, as described, said eyeletmay be formed of the usual shape-:that is, as illustrated in Fig. 4, brepresenting the shank of the eyelet, c the flange, and d the top.WVithin this shank b is inserted a cup-shaped disk h, of such diameteras to be nicely contained within said shank. \Vhen the parts areassembled, as before described, pressure is ex- 71,, which tends tostraighten or flatten, the efiect being that the top of the eyelet isspread, as in the first in stance, over and upon the curled rim of theshell, as illustrated in Fig. 5, securely locking the parts together,the cloth or material being held between the eyelet and shell, as beforedescribed. In either instance it will be noticed that the lockingtogether of the eyelet and shell is effected by spreading or expandingthe upper end of the eyelet over and'upon the curled rim of the shelland to such an extent that no ordinary strain will separate them. Again,instead of forming the outer shell as described it may be shaped asillustrated in Fig. 6that is, with a fiat top A, converging sides, and astraight or flattened flange or case a, or, as illustrated in Fig. 7,the top A may be flat and the lower edge or curled to form the seat oranchor, and, again, it may be shaped as illustrated in Fig. 8, whereinthe'top A is dome-shaped and curved inwardly and having a base or flangea). In all these instances-that is, when shaped as shown in Figs. 1, G,7, and 8it will be noticed that said shell has a restricted openingwhereby to prevent the disengagement of the fastening eyelet after beingspread therein.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The socket member of aball-and-socket fastener, consisting of anouter shell having a restricted opening and a fastening-eyelet, the topof which is closed and depressed or recurved, whereby said top may beexpanded and locked within said shell, substantially as described.

2. The socket member of a ball-and-socket fastener, consisting of ashell having a restricted opening, and a fastening-eyelet, saideyeletcomprising a shank or tubular portion,

the top of which is closed, depressed and slitted, and at its oppositeend a flange, whereby the closed, depressed top of said ey'elet may beexpanded and locked within said shell, substantially as described.

3. The socket member of a ball-and-socket fastener, consisting of ashell having a curled rim, and an eyelet, consisting of a flange andshank, the top of said shank being closed and depressed or recurved,whereby the same may be spread or expanded over and upon said curledrim, substantially as described.

Signed at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, this 26th day of April, A. D. 1901.

FRANKLIN R. \VHITE.

\Vitnesses:

'J. H. HART, L. .T. HART.

